History essay

Identification Questions

Please choose Seven. For each, be prepared to identify and explain its

historical significance; in other words, discuss who or what it is and in what

ways it was historically important. Length: 2-3 sentences.

Welfare Capitalism Executive Order 9066

Massive Retaliation War Production Board

Scopes Trial The Holocaust

Trickle-Down Economics Decolonization

Four Freedoms VE Day

Manhattan Project Fireside Chats

People’s Capitalism Selective Service Act

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Social Security

Yalta Conference Dust Bowl

Lost Generation Second Great Migration

Hoovervilles Tennessee Valley Authority

Wagner Act Japanese-American Internment

Essay Questions

Answer One of the following in an essay which is well organized and

clearly written. Please support your argument with examples drawn from

the text and make sure that the material has been proofread before

turning it in! Give me the who, what, where, and when of the

question. Length: 10 paragraphs, minimum. This is the minimum you

should attempt to turn in but the best grades usually go to students who turn

in substantially longer essays. Please be aware of this fact.

1. Discuss the United States’ participation in the Second World War. Your

answer should include discussions of the following: how the U.S. moved

from neutrality to full involvement by December, 1941; the organization of

the war effort on the home front and problems encountered; the development

of a military strategy for fighting a two-front war and the implementation of

that strategy in Europe and then in the Pacific. Why did the United States

decide to use the atomic bomb against Japan and not against Hitler’s

Germany? What were the results of that decision?

2. Discuss the causes of the Depression of 1929. What was life like during

this time? How did American workers and businesses respond? What was

President Hoover’s attitude toward the Depression? What type of solutions

did he try? Why did they fail?

3. Explain how Franklin Roosevelt tried to solve the problems of the

Depression of 1929. What were his basic strategies and how were they

different from those tried by Herbert Hoover. Describe the most important

programs he implemented in his New Deal to support his goals of relief,

recovery and reform. Did the New Deal work?

#3 disscussion question

Should the United States have used the Atomic Bomb on Japan at the end of

the Second World War? Why or why not?